Sanitary cuspidor.



MLP. TRUI SANITARY oUs'PIDoR.

AIILIATIOJS FILED NOV.12, 1909. 963,664. Patented July 5, 1910.

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VWM/M' @M @my @zw MICHAEL F. TROY, 0F BRQOXLYN, NEW YORK.

SANITARY CUSPIDOR.

Speolcation ot Letters Patent.

Patented July 5, 1910.

Application filed November 12, 1909. Serial No. 527,720.

To all whom 'it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL F. Tnor, a citizen of the United States, residin at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Cuspidors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sanitary cuspidors designed for use in railway cars, hotels and other publie places, and one of the principal objects of the same is to provide means for readily cleaning the cuspidors, said means being operated by either a hand or a foot lever for flushing the cuspidor.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a cuspidor having a cover therefor and connect-ions between said euspidor and a- Water tank, the cover being operated by either a hand or a foot lever connected to a valve for opening communication between the water tank and the cuspidor for flushing the lat-ter.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a cuspidor, the cover of which is hinged to lie flush with the floor in which the euspidor is disposed and a lever for operating the cover for simultaneously iushing the cuspidor.

A still further object ot' the invention is to provide catch basins underneath the cuspidor to cat-ch the refuse matter as it is flushed from the cus idor.

With the a ve and other objects in View, which will appear as the description progresses, the invention resides in the novel construction and arrangement of element-s hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal section through a floor and through the cuspidor and water tank for flushing the same, the opcratiie mechanism being shown in elevation. Fig. 2 is a lon gitudinal sectional view through the cusp dor and door to which the cuspidor is attached, the operating mechanism being shown in elevation, and thc cover ot' the cuspidor raised. Fig. 3 is a horizontal seetional view of the cnspidor taken on the line 3-3 Fig. 2 and looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. -fl is a detail top plan View of the cuspidor, the cover being shown open.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral l designates thc floor of a car or a room, und 2 1s a wall to which is secured a water tank 3. The water tank is in a suflicient-ly elevated position to permit the water to run to n. pi e 4 by gravity, and the iow of the water rom the tank is regulated through the medium of a suitable valve 41. The pipe 4 is connected to a longitudinally extending ipe 5 disposed underneath the floor l andp the said pipe terminates iu au annular spray 6 disposed inside of a cuspidor 7 set in flush with the upper surface of the floor l. The euspidor has a flange 8 setl in recesses in the top of the floor as shown in Fig. 1. The pipe 5 extends through a suitable opening provided in the side of the cuspidor and is bent upwardly as at 9, the annular spray pi e 6 being connected to the upper end ofp the said bent portion which is positioned Within the cuspidor. A discharge drain pipe l0 is connected to the lower side of the cuspidor, said pipe being'provided with a T 11 to which ranch pipes 12 are secured, and said branch pipes lead bo suit-able catch basins 13 supported upon a supplemental floor or timber 14. The discharge pipes 15 extend through the floor or timber to provide outlets for the refuse matter within the said tanks 13. The tanks 13 have their tops normally closed, but in order lo provide for the cleansing of the said tanks each of the tops are cut away a sufiicieut distance adjacent one of the sides ot' the tank und the said opening is normally closed throu h the medium of a hinged door 13. T e cover 1G of the cuspidor is provided with a pint-le or hinge member 17 passing through hearing members 18 secured to thc cuspidor. The pint-le 17 has connected with its projecting end a crank member 19 and connected to the said crank member is a rod .20 which has its opposite end pivotallj, connected as at 21, to a lever 22. The lever is pivotcd as at 23 to the top of the floor. the said lover extending through a suitable slot or opening .24 provided in thc. said lion. The pipe 5 is provided with a suitable valve having,r a handle 526i and the said hundh` is connor-tod with an operating rod 2T. The rofl 2T oxtcnds longitudinally beyond the iloor l and the pipe 5 has its opposite und connected lo a lever 'z2-Q pivotcd in n bracket 2S) depending from the floor l. Cormectcd to shaft 30 ot the lever 28 is a link ill, and the said link is connected with a rod 32 which has its'oppositc end secured to a lever 33 connected with the squared portion of the valve handle 34 of a suit-able valve provided in the discharge pipe 10. The rod 27 is rovided with stops 3f, said rod extending t irougli a loop or noted that by swinging the lever 22 upon its pivot the stop members 35 will be contacted by the loop or keeper 36. A sprin 38 is connected at one end to a lug 3S) an the lever 22, the opposite end of said spring being connected to a bracket 40 beneath the floor l. The tension of the spring 38 is to exert ressure to return the lever 22 to a vertice position after it has been operated. By reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings it will be 'noted that the slot 0r open ing 24 has one of its walls beveled and its opposite wall in a substantially vertical plane, this latter wall beingI contacted by one side of the lever through the medium of the spring 38 to retain the said lever in a per fectly vertical position when not swung.

The operation of the device may be briey described as fol1o\vs:-In using the cuspidor the lever 22 is thrown toward the cuspidor in the position shown in Fig. f2. The movement of the lever polls upon the rod 20 and opens the cover 16 of the cuspidor. At the same time the movement of the lever o ns the valve 25 and permits water to flow rom the tank 3 through the said pipe into the annular spray pipe G to flush the cuspidor. The rod 27 being connected at one end to the lever 28 operates said lever and the link 31 to open the valve in the discharge pipe 10 and to discharge the flushed liquid into the catch basins 13 and from the catch basins out through the discharge pipes 15. When the level' is released the spring 38 returns the parts to their initial position. A foot lever is also employed in addition to the hand lever 22. T his foot lever 50, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, is provided with a spindle 51 mounted in a suitable bearing provided by the bearing 52 extending through a suitable opening within the floor 1. The lever thus comprises an L-sliaped member and the downwardly extending portion 51 thereof has its extremity provided with a link or finger Positioned upon suitable distance away from the finger .i3 is a suitable roller 54 which mounted for rotation ivitliin a suitable bracket and passing over the. said roller 5t and having one of its ends connected with the finger is a tiexible element.` preferably a chain, as designated by the numeral 5o. The opposite end of the said chain 56 is connected with the lower extension of the lever 2Q. B v this arrangement il will he noted that by nit-rely rotating the Lshaped lever .10 the finger 53 will be caused to rotate thus drawing the iiexible element 5P over the pawl :54 and thus causing| the mechanism to operate in a manner precisely similar to that lierctofore set forth.

ieepcr 36 on the lever 29, and it will be f F rom the foregoing il will he obvious that inv invention can he connected to the fiom' of a car or any public building or other places and can he readily operated for llushing the saine whencvinused, thusI providin f a sanitary device 'for the pur 'lose i'ct'crrc" to, it being ofcourse understood that the dis charge pipe l5 of the catch basins may be connected directly with a sewer. It is to be further understood that while I have described t-lie improvement in connection with cuspidors the same is sus-ce tible to other uses such as basins and the like and while I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of the improvement, as it now appears to me, minor details of construction within the scene ot' the following claims may he resorte to if desired.

I claim l. A sanitary cuspdor comprising a Water tank, a cuspidor1 a pipe leading from the tank to the cuspidor, a cover for the cuspidor, and a lever and connections for raising the cover and fiushing the cuspidor simultaneonsly.

2. A sanitary cuspidor comprising a water tank, a cnspidor, a cover adapted to normally-close the top of the cuspidor, a Water pipe connected t9 the Water tank and lead lng to the cuspidor, said water pipe terminating in an annular spray pipe, a valve in the Water pipe, and a level for simultaneously raising the cover of the cuspidor and flushing the latter.

3. A sanitary euspidor comprising a water tank, a cuspidor, a Water pipe leading from the tank to the cuspidor, a valve in the water pipe, a discharge pipe in the cuspidor, a valve in said discharge pipe, and a lever and connections for raising the cover of the cusn pidor, opening the valve in the water pipe and opening the valve in the discharge pipe of the cuspidor.

sl. A sanitary cuspidor comprising a water tank, a cnspidor, a Water pipe leading from the tank to the cuspidor, a cover hinged to the cuspidor, a discharge pipe provided with a valve.r a valve in the water pipe, catch the underneath surface of the Hoor 1 at a f basins, a branch pipe leading from the discharge pipe in the cuspidor to said basins, and a lever and connections for s1niultaneoustv raising the. cover, opening the valve and flushing the cuspidor into the catch basins.

A sanitary cuspidor comprising a water tank, a cnspidor secured in the floor of a car or building. a cover for said cnspdor adapted to lie flush with the upper surface ot' the tloor` said cover being hinged to the cuspidor, a water pipe leading from thc tank to the cuspidnr. an annular spray pipo in I the cuspidor and connected to the water pipe,

a discharge pipe in the cnspidnrg a valve in said pipe, catch basins pipes between sind discharge pipe. aud catch basins, a lever, and

connections between the cover and vulve und said lever whereby the operation of said lever will raise the cover to the cuspdor and flush the same into the catch basins.

6. A sanitary cuspidor comprising e water tank, a cuspidor, c water pipe connecting the water tank with the -cuspidor, a discharge pipe in the cuspdor, catch basins, branch pipes connecting the discharge pipe with the catch basins, a valve in the water' pipe, a valve in the discharge pipe, a lever,

und connections between the cover, the valve and the lever, whereby the operation of the latter will reise the cover and operate the vulves for iushing the cnspidol' into the 16 catch basins.

In testimony whereof I nfix my signoture in presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL F. TROY. Witnesses:

JOHN P. FEDDERSEN, HENRY LEEHR. 

